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:[http://www.archive.org/stream/churchinmadrasbe01penn#page/n7/mode/2up ''Volume 1 In the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries''] [http://www.archive.org/stream/churchinmadrasbe02penn#page/n7/mode/2up ''Volume 2  1805 to 1835''] [http://www.archive.org/stream/churchinmadrasbe03penn#page/n7/mode/2up '' Volume 3 1835 to 1861'']
:[http://www.archive.org/stream/churchinmadrasbe01penn#page/n7/mode/2up ''Volume 1 In the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries''] [http://www.archive.org/stream/churchinmadrasbe02penn#page/n7/mode/2up ''Volume 2  1805 to 1835''] [http://www.archive.org/stream/churchinmadrasbe03penn#page/n7/mode/2up '' Volume 3 1835 to 1861'']
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/memoriesofmadras00lawsuoft#page/n9/mode/2up ''Memories of Madras''] by Sir Charles Lawson 1905 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/memoriesofmadras00lawsuoft#page/n9/mode/2up ''Memories of Madras''] by Sir Charles Lawson 1905 Archive.org
*Articles by F.E.P, very likely Fanny Emily Penny, giving details of Marriages at St Mary’s , Fort  St George, and Marriages at Outstations Recorded in the St Mary’s Register Book,  appeared in ''The Genealogist'', Volumes 19-24 published in London  1903 to 1907 Archive.org
**Volume 19, 1903. [http://www.archive.org/stream/genealogist01unkngoog#page/n198/mode/1up/  St Mary’s Marriages 1680-1693], pages 182-189,      [http://www.archive.org/stream/genealogist01unkngoog#page/n301/mode/1up/  1693-1711], pages 285-292               
**Volume 20, 1904 [http://www.archive.org/stream/genealogist00unkngoog#page/n70/mode/1up/  1712-1727], pages 57-61, [http://www.archive.org/stream/genealogist00unkngoog#page/n112/mode/1up  1727-1760],  pages 99-107 , [http://www.archive.org/stream/genealogist00unkngoog#page/n213/mode/1up/ 1761-1780],  pages 200-207, [http://www.archive.org/stream/genealogist00unkngoog#page/n287/mode/1up/ 1780-1789],  pages 274-279
**Volume 21, 1905.  1790-1809 .Not available  online  except for a subsequent [http://www.archive.org/stream/genealogis_22selb#page/n517/mode/2up/search/madras correction of an entry].  However this volume is available at the [[British Library]] . Look at the back of the book for Madras in the place index,  for the relevant pages.
**Volume 22, 1906  [http://www.archive.org/stream/genealogis_22selb#page/n147/mode/2up/ 1810-1811],  pages 63-67, [http://www.archive.org/stream/genealogis_22selb#page/n289/mode/2up/ 1812] , pages 134-137, [http://www.archive.org/stream/genealogis_22selb#page/n401/mode/2up/  1813-1814],  pages 190-193,  [http://www.archive.org/stream/genealogis_22selb#page/n513/mode/2up/ 1814-1815],  pages 246-248 
*:"Returns of Marriages at Outstations in the Madras Presidency, Recorded in the Register Book of St Mary’s, Fort  St George, between 1783 and 1805" [http://www.archive.org/stream/genealogis_22selb#page/n517/mode/2up/ 1783-1796] pages 248-257
**Volume 23,  1907  [http://www.archive.org/stream/genealogist23selb#page/n127/mode/2up  1796-1798], pages 54 -61,  [http://www.archive.org/stream/genealogist23selb#page/n275/mode/2up 1798-1800],  page 128-129, [http://www.archive.org/stream/genealogist23selb#page/n377/mode/2up/  1800-1805],  page 179-187,  [http://www.archive.org/stream/genealogist23selb#page/n393/mode/2up/  additional entries], pages 187-189





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Madras (City)
Presidency: Madras
Coordinates: 13.09°N, 80.27°E
Altitude: 6m
Present Day Details
Place Name: Chennai
State/Province: Tamil Nadu
Country: India
Transport links
Madras Railway (to 1908)
Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway (1908 on)

Madras (now Chennai) was the seat of the Madras Presidency and the location of Fort St George.

Madras in 1862, with churches, missions & schools
Madras 1893 Rootsweb

History

Spelling variants

Modern name: Chennai
Variants: Madras

FIBIS resources

Plan of Madras and its environs engraved by J & C Walker, London in 1854. This item is for FIBIS members only and you will need to log-in to view it.

Cemeteries

See Madras Cemeteries, for details of some of the Christian cemeteries in the city.

Orphan schools

See the main article Orphan Schools in Madras, or the following list of schools:

External links

Historical books online

Volume 1 In the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Volume 2 1805 to 1835 Volume 3 1835 to 1861
  • Memories of Madras by Sir Charles Lawson 1905 Archive.org
  • Articles by F.E.P, very likely Fanny Emily Penny, giving details of Marriages at St Mary’s , Fort St George, and Marriages at Outstations Recorded in the St Mary’s Register Book, appeared in The Genealogist, Volumes 19-24 published in London 1903 to 1907 Archive.org
    "Returns of Marriages at Outstations in the Madras Presidency, Recorded in the Register Book of St Mary’s, Fort St George, between 1783 and 1805" 1783-1796 pages 248-257